Project Log: Saturday, December 7, 2013
To get started, I removed the tape and paper from the
other areas of the deck, exposing all surfaces once
more. This revealed the slight paint edge in areas
where I'd overlapped the primer between deck sections.
Smoothing this seam away, where applicable, was a
straightforward sanding task. The foam masking
tape I'd used along the contours of the pilothouse and
after coaming step worked well to create a feathered
paint seam with no hard line; on the coachroof, I'd not
used the foam, but the area to blend was wide, and I'd
intentionally not brought the new primer up as far as
the tape line, creating only a minor overspray seam to
sand and blend smoothly. I also had to blend a paint
seam at the base of the forward bulwarks, but apparently
didn't take any pictures of that area.
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This completed the primer work on all areas of the deck,
so after cleaning up the boat and shop, vacuuming and
solvent-washing, I turned to the final deck masking to
lay out and cover the eventual nonskid field areas, the
last step before applying gloss topcoat.
Working from the "top" down, I started with the
pilothouse roof. Around the edges and various
molded contours, namely the molded rails defining the
large overhead hatch, I left 1-1/2" borders and masked
off the remaining areas--which would receive nonskid
paint later--to protect them against overspray. |
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I continued with the coachroof, again leaving 1-1/2"
borders along the edges, hatch openings, handrail bases,
and along the raised amidships section of the area.
This took me up till quitting time; I'd continue with
the remainder of the deck next time. |
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Total Time Today: 6 hours
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